During the Dataquest Leadership Conclave held at New Delhi's Hyatt Regency on June 8, there was a panel discussion on "IT infrastructure 2.0, driving the growth". The participants were Arun Kama, MD and CEO, AT&T Global Network Services India Pvt Ltd, Sanjay Chowdhry, CIO, Hamdard Laboratories, and Jasper Paul, Senior Product Manager, Site24×7. Sukanta De, Director, Sdela Consulting, was the moderator. He said the major campuses in India are amazing, along with high-end equipment. India is a leader in software. India also has the largest number and skilled professionals in the IT sector. Arun Kama, AT&T Global Network Services, said that the enterprise space is based on some pillars, such as data and network infrastructure, etc. IT infrastructure 2.0 can be defined by the digital approach. The outermost layer is the digital Edge. Enterprises have access to digital marketplace, etc. Flexibility and agility are provided to the enterprise architecture. The real action is at the Edge. We have major components, such as cloud, Edge, security, IoT, 5G, etc. Cloud has emerged as the major speed enabler over the last few years. SaaS app market will grow to $200 million by 2024, doubling over 2018. Enterprise is today far more distributed. 5G and Edge are now coming together. IoT is seeing massive uptick. Today, supply chains are getting digitized.
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